Puttee



E. H. McCRAHON.

PUTTEE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 14, 1917.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD H. MCCRAHON, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. MCCRA- HON, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Syracuse, in'the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Puttees, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to what. are commonly known in army circles as puttees.

Heretofore puttees for the use of soldiers have been made ,by winding a strip of cloth about the leg and securing it in place by means of a string or piece of tape wound transversely around the leg and suitably fastened.

My object is to produce an article of this character which is knitted all inone piece and adapted to be pulled on over the foot and to rest upon the leg, and at thesame time have certain portions of the article provided with knitted ribs which are ten sioned upon the leg for the purpose of holding the puttee in position.

My invention, therefore, consists in the several new and novel features of construction and operation hereinafter described and specifically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed.

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a view of the puttee with the cuff at the upper end extended, but showing the position of the cuff when folded back in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the upper portion only of the puttee illustrating the cufi in its turned down position.

Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged views of a portion of the puttee or legging when in normal position and when longitudinally stretched, respectively.

Similar reference letters indicate corresponding parts.

ais the puttee as a whole and is constructed preferably by knitting it into the form shown, and at the same time knitting into it the transverse ribs b, these ribs being so knit as to be less expansible than the main body portion of the puttee so as to form a tension over the leg and to serve to hold it in position, and likewise to prevent the garment from wrinkling transversely, as otherwise would be the case if they were Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

Application filed September 14, 1917. Serial No. 191,370.

omitted. These ribs are preferably raised outwardly and form a sunken portion or channel -7c upon the opposite side of the puttee'.

. Adjacent the ribs b are additional ribs -c extending inwardly from the puttee and forming a sunken portion or channel --f upon the outside of the puttee, such sunken portion in normal tensioned position being relatively narrow longitudinally of the puttee and tensioned to lie adjacent to and preferably partially beneath the ribs --b of length of the puttee to permit considerable longitudinal elasticity.

The sunken portions lc in normal tensioned condition tend to lie beneath the respective ribs --e, such normal condition being indicated in Fig. 3, while in longitudiand being relatively flexible in the direction nally extended position when the legging is Near the upper end of the garment, I I

construct the contracted portion c which is knit 1n the opposite direction, but slightly smaller in circumference than the main portion of the garment so as to restin the smaller portion of the leg just above the calf and below the knee. thereby serving to hold the garmentas. a whole at hat place.

'cZ is the cuff which is likewise knit as a part of the garment although it may be secured by stit hingand is adapted to be turned over, as shown in dotted lines in- Fig. l, and also as in cross section as shown in Fig. 2, the whole garment thereby completing a regulation puttee.

The section -(Z may. as illustrated, be ordinary, socalled purl knitting wherein the needles knit first a course of loops in one direction and then a. course of loops in the other direction. The section 0 may, as illustrated. be ordinary rib knitting in which alternate needles are drawn in opposite direction to cause alternate stitches to be drawn to opposite sides of the fabric. The intermediate section bmay, as illustrated, be knitted by purl knitting tubular structure, said with several courses in succession drawn to the same side of the fabric to form the oppositely projecting ribs --c and /c.

Theentire garment is knit in a single strip, and then sewed together longitudinally of the puttee.

While l prefer to construct the puttee by knitting, yet I do not limit myself to a knit puttee, as it would be evident that it may be constructed of cloth and provided With transverse bands, as shown, which may be more or less of an elastic nature for the purpose of holding the same in position.

W hat I claim is:

1. A puttee consisting of a knitted body formed with circumferential ribs projecting from both the inner and outer side of the puttee, said ribs having a circumferential knitted transversely of the body portion and oi less circumference than the body portion, but more elastic than the body portion, and having a cull adapted to fold down and over said upper elastic portion.

4. A puttee formed of a single knitted piece of material and having; a longitudinal seam uniting said piece of material into a knitted material comprising a series of ribs extending around the puttee and of less circumferential elasticity than the adjacent portions of said ma terial.

5. A puttee formed of a single knitted piece of material and having: a longitudinal seam uniting said piece of material into a tubular structure, said knitted material comprising a series of ribs extending around the puttee and of less circumferential elasticity than the portions of said material between said ribs, said material having an ripper part of less circumference than the adjacent parts but of greater circumferential elasticity than said adjacent parts.

6. A puttee formed of a single knitted piece of material and having a longitudinal seam uniting said piece of material into a tubular structure, said knitted material comprising a series of ribs extending around the puttee and of less circumferential elasticity than the portions of said material be tween said ribs, said material having an up per part of less circumference than the adjacent parts but oi greater circumferential elasticity than said adjacent parts, and a turned down cull substantially covering said upper part of less circumference.

A puttee having a knitted body and knitted ribs extending; around the puttee and having circumferential elasticity less than the main portion of the body, and additional portions adjacent the ribs relatively elastic longitudinally of the puttee.

S. A puttee having a knitted body and knitted ribs extending around the puttee and havingradial elasticity less than the main portion of the body, and sunken portions adjacent the ribs and extending parallel With the ribs and of relatively great elasticity in the direction of length of the puttee.

9. A puttee consisting of a knitted body and knitted circumferential ribs proje ting inwardly and outwardly from the puttee and normally lying partially underneath each other and permitting considerable extension of the puttee in the direction of its length while being less elastic circumferentia ly than the body portion the putt-cc.

in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of Sep ember, 1917.

I EDWARD H, MCCRAHON.

Witnesses:

M. VIOLA HoWLAND, HOWARD P. Dawson. 

